STEPHEN RICCIO
PONTIAC March 22, 2021
COVID-19 has found its way to the Municipality of Bristol, as of March 18, and the community had five or less (minimum one) cases as of March 22.
The municipality is now the tenth within the Pontiac service area (RLS) in which the virus has emerged. The RLS had . . .
eight active cases as of Monday, with a cumulative amount of 88 since the pandemic began, which is an increase of six since last week.
Elsewhere in the RLS, the Municipality of Shawville jumped from nine to 11 cumulative cases on March 18, while the municipalities of Campbell’s Bay, Fort Coulonge, Île du Grand Calumet, L’Isle aux Allumettes, Otter Lake and Waltham have each had five or less. The Municipality of Pontiac total rose from 43 to 47, while the Municipality of Mansfield et Pontefract total remained at seven.
The Outaouais had 286 active cases (6,917 total, 6,460 recovered) as of March 15, which is up 82 from last week. There were 10 hospitalizations at the designated COVID-19 center, an increase of three from last week. The region’s death toll since the pandemic’s onset stood at 171, with four deaths being recorded in the past week.
On March 19, the CISSSO released a report on the conditions at CHSLD Lionel Émond, which was provoked by a recent fatal outbreak that occurred at the facility despite 96 per cent of residents receiving their first vaccine dose. The report revealed that only 40 per cent of the staff members at the facility chose to receive the vaccine dose.
The CISSSO also announced on March 19 that residents aged 65 and over were now able to book an appointment to receive their first dose of the vaccine. Residents can make an appointment at Quebec.ca/vaccinCOVID or by calling 1-877-644-4545.
